I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.

I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology.

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

Everyone has class, one class or another.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.